SlapShoeFly at McCloud Mushroom Festival

The SlapShoeFly will be playing its unique brand of “high, lonesome, rebel folk” music at the McCloud Mushroom Festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 26.

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Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA

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Posted May. 24, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 10:27 AM

Posted May. 24, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 10:27 AM

McCloud

The SlapShoeFly will be playing its unique brand of “high, lonesome, rebel folk” music at the McCloud Mushroom Festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 26.

The band was founded in 2005 when Scott Valley musician Ariel Roumasset met West Virginia singer/songwriter Jason Conley in Nashville while they were both playing in the city’s famous open mic events. The band has produced two albums, played all over northern California and built a loyal fanbase in Siskiyou County.

In 2008 the band went into a hiatus when Conley moved to Chico for several years. He moved back to Scott Valley in 2012.

In recent months the band has embraced several members of the local band Sundown Poachers, written some news songs and begun to perform again.

With new songs beginning to flow from Conley, he says a new album is inevitable in the near future.

The annual McCloud Mushroom Festival begins at 10 a.m May 25 and features mushroom vendors, wine tasting, special mushroom delicacies, cooking demonstrations, seminars and educational booths on mushroom harvesting. There will be games, prizes and live musical throughout the weekend.